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Bye Bye Cigarettes!
Cigarette advertisements banned from Television. -
Nba Record!
The Los Angeles Lakes set a NBA record by winning 33 games in a row! -
Enormous Octopus!
A 54 kg 7 meters across, octopus is captured in Hood Canal, Washington. -
I see it!
US Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury. -
Wheel of Fortune
"Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-tv. -
Pro bowl
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 23-20. -
Apple!
Apple Computers incorporate. -
NFL
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 14-13. -
Great defence!
2 Iowa girls HS basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period. -
Victory!
West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup. -
Sugar Bowl
Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title. -
Tragedy
Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm. -
Kickoff
NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August. -
64 Teams
NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams. -
Great game
Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score. -
Block city
NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots. -
Michael Jordan vs Isiah Thomas
38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit. -
Moving for the better
NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix. -
On a role
UCLA wins a record, 7th consecutive bowl game. -
Drug tests
NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players. -
Lots of Points
Kevin Bradshaw of US Intl scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts. -
Mike goes down
Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty). -
I have a dream!
Martin Luther King Jr holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time. -
Crazy Jack
Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car. -
Pretty good play
"Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 57 perfs. -
No one is good enough
For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. -
Cameraman watch out!
Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin in the groin. -
Bye Bye Barry
Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach. -
Oh no Jordan
Basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement only to return in 2001. -
Long time coming
62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis. -
You go girl
Jennifer Lopez scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing.' -
Go Pats Go
Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams, 20-17 at the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans MVP: Tom Brady, New England, QB. -
Every one can be happy
Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage. -
Slump
The Pittsburgh Penguins lose their 12th consecutive home game, a NHL record. -
World changing website
YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States. -
Diasaster
Powerful tornadoes rip through Iowa City, Iowa. -
Big Bats
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run. -
No more electricity
Nebraska bans electric chair as sole execution method. -
My president is black
Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States' first African-American president. -
First of many to come
Super Bowl XLIV; New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win their first super bowl. -
Huge Quake
An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. -
Terrorist out of control
Al Qaeda suicide bombing kills at least 26 people in Mukalla, Yemen.
